Phil Lesh

Phillip Chapman Lesh was born on March 15, 1940 in Berkeley, California. Phil is one of the founding members of the Grateful Dead, with whom he played bass guitar and has throughout their 30-year career. When the Grateful Dead disbanded in 1995, after the death of Jerry Garcia, Phil continued to play with a side project, Phil Lesh and Friends. Most recently, Lesh has been performing with Furthur alongside Bob Weir.